Cover hinge



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L ESTER W. WHITE Patented Jan. 8, 1952 TED SSTAT'E'S PATENT oFF-Ica f l COVER HINGEr Lester-W; White,=..'1,oledo, ohioasslgnoribyf mestre: assgxm'ients,r t'o Tropics-Aile;- Inez,7 Chiagn; Hlm

a; corporation.:

Application Junezs, ma; serial No. revisor mestically consists in'essence ofa largepan'v set' ii:A

intoa housing which containselectrical resist-- anoerwires forvheatingfthe-'set-in pan so'- that food:y placed'in the pan is cooked. Inorderto'preventf the escape ofy steamand foodl odors into the kitchen and alsor to` permitA the 'proper-v prepara' 1.0.

tion of they food'v such ai roaster invariablyA is equipped with a cover which must be openable; to-p':rmitinsertionv and removalof food from the roaster vand to permit" the inspectiony oi'fthey food duringcooking.

Because the coveroit'tlieroasteris*locatedI over* the-food being-cookedl and abovey the heatedpor-l tion of thel master;- it becomes` hot during,"` the* cookingprocess; Furthermore; when-the roast'er' drips not back'intothroaster pans-'CasA would be desirable.y but4 outside'tha rfoasterI pans onto either:thewenterioroiK the roa'sters onto the tabley or'counterf'on which? they` rest.

It is an object of-- this:A invention. toprovide' a roastercover vhinge which will: normally openfv the roasterf cover toi ai. position; in:- which moistureA condensed onitslinnen'surface will: drip hackK into thef interion of the master andV which can b'e opened; to ai secondi. position;` which the roaster cover does-1r notinterferei withA the remove-l2l of they insertedcookingfpanz,

Itis a vfurthenobjectiefthis;r invention t'o :.pro# videf a: hingesfora: roasterfcoverfliaving t'wo'r open 1f positions and thereby?tozpermititheeroastencoverf normally to beiopen'edto ai position where-condensed I moisture: on the f inside f of:` the coverk vdrips'` back, into thefcookingfipant and; whenl desired, to lief'l opened to;l a? Asecond` positionf to permit. the: in'- cover'A is lifted; hot" steam escapes aroundt thet 20 serted cooking: pan to.; he removed fromv the cover 'anclis likely to scald= the hand' orA armof'Y the person-iiftingthe cover;v 'Ifo avoid thisfpossibilitymechanismmay be usedsuch asfisdis--4 closed and claimed? in" Patent'A No. 2,-209',693hv isroaster:

More? specific: objects and?. advantages will be? apparent :from -:the drawings; in which:

FigurelIiisfatview in,` perspective of anelectri'cA sued-July 30; 1940; toK; Ham-mell; vwhich` perfodroasterfembodyingf'the@invention;

mits the open-ingfoffthecoverrby'frptating a knobA locatedvr at1l the lowerefront" of theV roaster: Thel coverwhen constructed-l accordance'- with'- this: patent is hinged at therearwffthe roasterand' Eigure-.IIiisf'acfragmentary viewl in' elevation; certainv partsy being broken'i away; of al hinge structure/,embodying the".v invention and: shown in. the positionaassumedwhen the roastercover is when` theA actuating knobdsrrotatedf'the Vc oyeris 3m closed.

swung upwardly;

Because thecover-'f althoughV warm y15,10f 'course;-A cooler than the temperaturel offtlie` f oocibeing;` prepared' or` of the' cooking pany moisture driven`V from the Afoodin the f orm ofivapor; condenses Aontheinterior of =the -roaster cover: It 'isdesirable.,

therefore; that* whenthe cover-fis,-swung` openl itmoisture which; has condensed` on` thecover-and" which; ofcourse; runs down-the cover y-whjenit opened-lwillidripbackinto. thefrpaster rather-than f drippingh behind-f the; rca-,ster opter the-f table;v or"- counteron which-theaoasterrests:

Thisw construction is not-g possible;J however; 45

wherethe=ordinary-hingeisiemployed;atthe-frear; off4 they roaster-- covern beca/use;l the' cover* must:

area` opened-'ftheytarei swung b'aekffariiex-iougfh"l to permit-.= thei-removali of@ tl'fefk roaster;l pans andi` 55.. therefore? moisture; condensed@ onty such@- coversf FigurefIII is^i1asfragmentary vertical sectional viewav takeni-substantially on? the"r line IIL-III off first position.

Figure' V" isj afragmentaryfvertical sectional" View taken substantially-f onthel `line* V---'Vv1v o 4m Figure Figure V1`is=1a fragmentary vertical"sectional'V view similar-to Hgure'fVlhutshowing `the hinge inithefposition'f with thefcover openA to itssecond' position.

FlgurevVIIfis-faf fag-mentary'"vertieal sectional pass' over center.

shaft 9 (Figure III) which extends beneath an inner liner I of the roaster and the insert 2 which ,ts inside of the inner liner I0. The inner liner I0 has a lip II which overlies the upper edge of an outer case I2 of the housing I and the insert 2 has a lip I3 which overlies the lip II of theliner w. c

The rear end of the shaft 9 is rotatablymounted by bushings I4 in the outer case I2 of the housing. A bell crank I5 is fixed on the rearrnost hinge mechanism housing member I1.

A vertically extending link I8 islpivotally ,con-" nected at its lowermost end to the bell'rcrank' I5 and at its upper end is twisted and pivotally attached to a iinger I9 extending upA from a formed wing which is one portion of a cover y,

hinge 2 I. The wing 20 has a flange 22 which is insertable beneath a cross bar 23 welded in turn to the undersideA of facover bracket 24. from which it is spaced sufcientlyto permit" the .'insertion ofthe ilangei22 beneath the cross bar 23. The cover bracket 24 'is riveted or otherwise secured near the rear centerof the cover 6.

The other member of the hinge '2| is a straight wing 25 thelowerl edgeof which is welded 'or otherwise secured to `aA horizontally extending pin 26. 'I'he'ends of the pin 26 vare inserted in a pair of holespunchedfin rearwardly extending side walls 21' of: the hingemechanismhousing member |1. The two wings'ZI) and 25 of the'A hinge 2| 'are oonnectedtozeach other by .a hinge pin 28 whichextends through'alternately `formed ears 29 on the `twofhinge wings'. -;Near the upperi end of the linkv I8 there is formed a hook'30 in'which is engaged the upper end of a coil spring'3|, the lower-end of Vwhich is'secured to a rivet 32lixed on theforward wall I6'of the hinge mechanism housing I1. Y

A hinge housing cover 33 having a rear wall 34 and two side walls 35 iits over the housing meinber l1 to .enclose'fthe hinge' mechanism. The lower'ends of theside walls 35'of the cover -33 are provided with slots 35 fit-over theshanks 'of rivets-31 which Vare positioned in thefside walls 21 of the housing member|1 to'serve'as pivots to permitthe cover-33 to swing back to'theposition shown in Figure VIL-"Thecover 33 is held inl the position shown in Figures III and Vjbya spring 38 engaged between anear 39welded` on the interior oftherear wall 34Y of-the cover 33 and an ear 4I! stamped out of the front'wall` I6 of the housing member' |1.` The upper end'of the cover 33 is convexly curved and its'upper' edge extends beneath the similarly curvjed rearward edge of the cover bracket 24. :The'curvature of both the rear. end of the cover bracket 24 andthe upper endr of the hinge mechanism cover 33 is determined by using the normal posi; tion of the hinge -pin 28fas a center.

Y Swingingmotion*r of the wing 25 rearwardly on its pivot-pin 25is limited gby a' pairof ears 4| clockwise direction in FigureI) the bell crank I5 is` rotated (in a clockwisedirection in Figure II) extending the spring 3| slightly to .permit'it to contract exerting downward forceon .the link-|8 and continuing. the rotation ofthe shaft. The Y link Ipulls on thennger I9 and as thespringv The spring 3| Vthen tends to l 4 further compresses raises the cover 3 to the position shown in Figures IV and V.

It will be noted that in Figures 1V and V the wings 2B and 25 of the hinge 2| are swung open until the two wings 20 and 25 engage each other. With the hinge in this position it will be observed that the rear lower edge of the cover 6 .is located vertically'above'thin' ide edgeA of the lip I3 on theinsert so that'isuch condensation as may have formed on the interior of the cover 6 end of the shaft 9 which extends outside of thel d'rps back H1130 the master insert 2.

outer case I2 and through a front wall I6 of-a ,..V f

' forward with the hinge pin 28 1n front of the v- The hinge wing 25 still remains tilted slightly second hinge'pin 26'v (to the right in Figures Ill 'and V) Y wing is held in this position by tensionof thes'p'ring 3| acting through the link I8 vand iinger I9 and the angle at which it is held is controlled by the engagement of the inner side of the wing 25 with the uppermost end of the front wall I3 of the hinge mechanism housing.

When it isdesired to open the cover gsuiiiciently to permit removal of theinsert pan 2 (asshown in Figure VI) ,Vit is necessary only toexert a slight pressure backwardly against the-cover 5 itself. Since the two wings 23 and 250i the hinge 2| can not move relative to each other beyond the position shownin Figure V, the entire hinge 2| pivots backwardly'on the pin 2t until the wing 25 engages the ears 4|, carrying the cover-6 rearwardly far .enough sothat no part of the cover 6 overlies-any portionof thefinsert 139,112, I- Y.

The strengthpof lthespringl and the relative vertical locations of the lowerend-of the spring 3|, the second hinge pin 23 and thefirst hinge` pin 28 is such that movement ofthe cover from the position shown in FigureY V to the'position shown in Figure VI-amountsto movingY over center which requires av slight extension orf thel spring 3| (from the position shown in Figure V) and a subsequentVV fur-ther-.contraction'rofgthe s pring 3| to the/positionshownin-Figure VI;

Movement beyond theposition shown in Figure. VI is prevented by the engagementof the lowerv left-handY side (Figure IV) Aof the--bellcrank .I5 with the side wall21 of the hinge enclosure.

VBecause of this overcenter relationshipoff cient to swingther cover to the position-shown in vFigure VI unless the knob 5 isfrotated with considerable force so that, as the cover opens,

considerable speed is built up and the -coverY reaches the position shown in Figure V with sufficient momentum .to carry it up and over to theY position shown in Figure VI. v I f When it is desired to remove the cover E completely, to facilitate washing its interior, it can be disengaged by lifting itrvertically from either the position shown in Figure VV or-V the :position shown in Figure VI.v Thisrdisengages the cross bar 23 from the ange'22 of the vhinge winglll. When it is desired to replace the cover the flange 22 again is inserted back of.Y the crossbar 23 and the cover lifter knobrotated infa clockwise direction (Figure I) to exert force upwardly Von the link I8 and swing the cover-3 backto itsclosed position. The cover 6 can.be:closedfrom either the position shownin` Figure-:V or. the position shown in Figure-VI--byfmeans ofthe cover lifter knob 5 becausefthe-rotation of-= the knob-Y inthe return direction'flrst pushes upwardly on the link-I8 lallowing-,the hingeportion- 25 toswing back to its standardposition adj acent the upper edge of the front wall I6 of the hinge mechanism housing and then, against the force oi the spring, lowers the cover 6 into its closed position. The strength of the spring Si is selected to nicely balance the force exerted by gravity acting on the cover 6 so that the operator has only to overcome the slight friction in order to swing the cover and so that the cover will not inadvertently fall shut.

The embodiment of the invention which has been described may be modied to meet various requirements.

Having described the invention, I claim:

l. In a food roaster having a body and an open topped vertically removable food receptacle insertable therein, in combination, a cover for said receptacle; a horizontal hinge for mounting said cover on said body, said hinge having two wings and a horizontal hinge pin connecting said wings and being removably secured to said cover by one wing and pivotally connected to said body by the other wing, said hinge being pivotable only on its hinge pin to move said cover from closed position to a first open position with the lower edge of said cover vertically overlying the edge of said receptacle whereby condensation on said cover drips into said receptacle and being pivotable only on its connection to said body to move said cover from the iirst open position to a second open position with the entire cover lying vertically outside the edge of said receptacle whereby said receptacle may be removed vertically from said body when said cover is in the second open position; and manually operable means connected to said hinge for pivoting the same.

2. In a food roaster having a body and a vertically removable open topped food receptacle therein, in combination, a cover for said receptacle, a hinge having two wings and a hinge pin for mounting said cover on said body, and manually operable cover lifter means mounted on said body and operatively linked to said cover through said hinge, one wing of said hinge being secured to said cover, the other wing of said hingeV being pivotally connected to said body, said hinge being pivotable on its hinge pin only to a rst of two open positions in which the lower edge of said cover overlies the opened top of said receptacle and on its pivotal connection to said body only to a second open position in which no part of said cover overlies any part of said receptacle.

3. In a food roaster having a body and a removable open topped food receptacle therein, in combination, a cover for said receptacle hinged to said body, the hinge having two wings and a horizontally disposed hinge pin connecting said wings, one of said wings being removably attached to said cover and the other of said wings being pivotally connected to said body, and auxiliary operating means connected to that one of said wings removably attached to said cover for swinging said cover to and from closed position with said hinge swinging only on said hinge pin, to a irst open position with said cover extending substantially vertically above the edge of said receptacle and with the lower edge of said cover overlying the edge of said receptacle, said hinge also being further pivotable only on its connection to said body to a second open position rearward of said rst position with no part of said cover overlying the edge of said receptacle.

4. In a food roaster having an open topped body and an open topper vertically removable food receptacle therein, the` combination consisting in a cover for said receptacle mounted on said body and hinge means for mounting said cover, said hinge means comprising a hinge leaf removably mounting said cover; a hinge pin for pivotally mounting said leaf, said pin being positioned adjacent the i'ear edge of said receptacle, said hinge leaf being movable upwardly and rearwardly on said pin moving said cover to a rst position where the lower edge of said cover vertically overlies the rear edge of said receptacle; a second hinge leaf mounting said hinge pin and being pivotally mounted on said body on a line parallel to and below said hinge pin, said second leaf being pivotable rearwardly on its pivotal mounting on said body whereby such rearward movement moves said pin and cover rearwardly bodily to a second position where no part of said cover overlies any part of said receptacle.

LESTER W. WHITE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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